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FS Productions/Getty Images(FLORIDA) -- Cases of leprosy are rising in Florida, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although the disease is still rare in the U.S. -- with just 159 cases reported in 2020 -- a new CDC analysis released Monday finds that Central Florida accounts for a bulk of those cases. Central Florida appears to have the highest concentration of cases in the Sunshine State, with the region accounting for nearly one-fifth of reported cases in the U.S. Lep...

Valais cantonal police / Kantonspolizei Wallis(LONDON) -- The body of a hiker who has been missing for 37 years has been unearthed on a thawing glacier near the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps. A 38-year-old German mountaineer was reported missing after failing to return from a hike in Sept. 1986, the Valais cantonal police in Switzerland said in a press release. But last month on July 12, climbers who were traversing the Theodul Glacier near the Matterhorn in the southern Alps “discovered human ...

Bill Varie/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- CVS Health is laying off 5,000 employees as part of an effort to shed costs, the retail and pharmacy chain confirmed on Tuesday. The layoffs will primarily affect "non-customer facing positions" such as corporate roles, the company said, adding that it does not expect the move to impact brick-and-mortar stores, pharmacies and clinics. "Our industry is evolving to adapt to new consumer health needs and expectations," CVS told ABC News in a ...

Warner Bros.The combination of Barbie and Oppenheimer continued to lift the previously lackluster summer box office. Barbie topped the North American box office for the second straight week with an estimated $93 million, bringing its two-week total to $351.4 million. The film added an estimated $122.2 million overseas, for a worldwide tally of $774.5 million. Its already the third highest-grossing film of the year behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Christophe...

KOMO(SEATTLE) -- Five people were injured, two critically, in a shooting that broke out in a parking lot during a community outreach event in Seattle Friday night, police said. Police responded to reports of a shooting in a parking lot in Rainier Valley shortly before 9 p.m. local time Friday, according to Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz. "We know that there were dozens and dozens of rounds that were fired," Diaz told reporters at a press briefing near the scene. Four victims were tra...

ABC News(BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA) -- The United States and Australia will deepen their military ties after reaching an agreement that expands their military cooperation as both countries work to deter Chinas growing influence and territorial claims in the western Pacific. The agreements were announced following an annual meeting of the U.S. Defense Secretary and Secretary of State with their Australian counterparts, held this year in Brisbane, Australia. The agreement will see an increased American ...

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(MOSCOW, Idaho) -- Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students last year, are trying to get his indictment dismissed. In a new court filing from July 25, but released on Thursday, Kohbergers attorneys are asking the judge to dismiss the indictment on the "grounds that the Grand Jury was misled as to the standard of proof required for an indictment." Kohbergers lawyers argue the grand jury should have been instructed t...

Luis Martinez/ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- As Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Papua New Guineas top leaders on Thursday, to build on a new defense cooperation agreement signed between the two countries in May, Austin stressed that the U.S. is not seeking permanent basing on the island -- but to "make sure we strengthen PNGs ability to defend itself and protect its interest." The cooperation agreement earlier this year highlights the strategic importance that the U.S. places on the i...

RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Anheuser-Busch plans to lay off hundreds of corporate employees, a company spokesperson told ABC News on Thursday. The layoffs come months after a product endorsement from Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, in April set off a consumer boycott among conservatives that hammered sales. The layoffs will affect "less than 2%" of the companys U.S. employees, the company said. That figure amounts to roughly 380 workers, since the companys...

Courtesy of Abigail Robinson(NEW YORK) -- Elias Robinson-Rodriquez was just 11 months old when he underwent a type of heart transplant so rare it had previously been performed on only six children globally. Elias, now 1, was born with a congenital heart defect called transposition of the great arteries, in which the two main arteries leaving the heart are reversed. In Elias case, the part of his heart that pumps blood to the body was obstructed, according to Dell Childrens Medical Center, the Te...